In a dusty, long-forgotten storage room inside a closed-down Nashville studio, archivists uncovered a lost reel-to-reel tape labeled only with three faded words:
“Conway — Final Session.”
What they found on it has left producers, family members, and fans in stunned disbelief. Because this is not just another unreleased track — it is the last recording Conway Twitty ever made, captured in the final moments before he collapsed and slipped into unconsciousness the night of his death.
And on it… is his final wish, spoken in his own trembling voice.
When engineers carefully threaded the fragile tape into a playback machine, the room fell silent. The first sound was the faint hum of studio lights and Conway gently clearing his throat. His voice was noticeably softer, worn — the sound of a man pushing through pain he didn’t want anyone to see.
Then he began to speak.
Not singing.
Not warming up.
Just speaking — as if recording a message he feared he would never get another chance to say.
“If this is the last song I ever give the world…” he begins, pausing with a shaky breath,
“…let it remind folks to hold on tighter to the people they love.”
A long silence follows, broken only by Conway strumming a single chord on his guitar — a chord so fragile it feels like it’s holding its breath.
Then comes the line that stopped everyone in the room cold:
“Tell Loretta… tell her I’m grateful for every note. Every laugh. Every mile. She made the road worth walking.”
The engineer listening to the tape reportedly had to stop the playback.
Some cried.
Some simply sat in stunned silence.
Conway and Loretta Lynn had dozens of interviews insisting there was no romance — only music, friendship, and a bond built in the spaces between songs. But this recording reveals a depth of gratitude, affection, and emotional truth that has never before been spoken publicly.
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There’s a lot of ways of saying what I wanna say to you
There’s songs and poems and promises and dreams that might come true
But I won’t talk of starry skies or moonlight on the ground
I’ll come right out and tell you, I’d just love to lay you down
Lay you down and softly whisper
Pretty love words in your ear
Lay you down and tell you all the things
A woman loves to hear
I’ll let you know how much it means just havin’ you around
Oh, darlin’, how I’d love to lay you down
There’s so many ways, your sweet love’s made this house into a home
You’ve got a way of doing little things that turn me on
Like standing in the kitchen in your faded cotton gown
With your hair all up in curlers, I still love to lay you down
Lay you down and softly whisper
Pretty love words in your ear
Lay you down and tell you all the things
A woman loves to hear
I’ll let you know how much it means just havin’ you around
Oh, darlin’, how I’d love to lay you down
When a whole lot of Decembers are showin’ in your face
Your auburn hair has faded and silver takes its place
You’ll be just as lovely and I’ll still be around
And if I can’t, I know that I’d still love to lay you down
Lay you down and softly whisper
Pretty love words in your ear
Lay you down and tell you all the things
A woman loves to hear
I’ll let you know how much it means just havin’ you around
Oh, darlin’, how I’d love to lay you down
Lay you down and softly whisper
Pretty love words in your ear
Lay you down and tell you all the things
My woman loves to hear
I’ll let you know how much it means just havin’ you around
Oh, darlin’, how I love to lay you down
Lay you down and softly whisper
Pretty love words in your ear
Lay you down and tell you all the things
My woman loves to hear
I’ll let you know how much it means just havin’ you around
Oh, darlin’, how I love to lay you down